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Big Eight Conference
Titles per University
All-Time Members[1]
Colorado 43
Drake 3
Grinnell 3
Iowa 1
Iowa State 131
Kansas 207
Kansas State 60
Missouri 109
Nebraska 230
Oklahoma 196
Oklahoma State 168
Washington U. 10
Locations

The Big Eight Conference sponsored championships in 21 sports (11 men's and 10 women's) at various times during its existence from 1907 to 1996.[1] The conference began sponsoring women's sports in the mid-1970s under the direction of Assistant Commissioner Steven J. Hatchell.

Due to its common history with the Missouri Valley Conference, Big Eight championships from 1907–1908 through 1927–1928 are also claimed by the MVC.

Membership

MVIAA / Big Eight membership (1907–1996)
School Admitted to conference Left conference Readmitted
Colorado 1947 — —
Drake 1907 1928 —
Grinnell 1919 1928 —
Iowa 1907 1910 —
Iowa State 1908 — —
Kansas 1907 — —
Kansas State 1913 — —
Missouri 1907 — —
Nebraska 1907 1918 1920
Oklahoma 1920 — —
Oklahoma State 1925 1928 1957
Washington-St. Louis 1907 1928 —
Teams in bold were members of the conference upon its dissolution in 1996

Men's basketball

Following are the MVIAA/Big Eight regular-season conference champions from 1908 to 1996 (showing shared championships in italics):[1][2]

Men's basketball regular-season championships (1908–1996)
School Total titles Outright titles Years
Colorado 5 3 1954 · 1955 · 1962 · 1963 · 1969
Drake 0 0
Grinnell 0 0
Iowa State 4 2 1935 · 1941 · 1944 · 1945
Kansas 43 32 1908 · 1909 · 1910 · 1911 · 1912 · 1914 · 1915 · 1922 · 1923 · 1924 ·
1925 · 1926 · 1927 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 · 1934 · 1936 · 1937 · 1938 ·
1940 · 1941 · 1942 · 1943 · 1946 · 1950 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1957 ·
1960 · 1966 · 1967 · 1971 · 1974 · 1975 · 1978 · 1986 · 1991 · 1992 ·
1993 · 1995 · 1996
Kansas State 17 14 1917 · 1919 · 1948 · 1950 · 1951 · 1956 · 1958 · 1959 · 1960 · 1961 ·
1963 · 1964 · 1968 · 1970 · 1972 · 1973 · 1977
Missouri 15 12 1918 · 1920 · 1921 · 1922 · 1930 · 1939 · 1940 · 1976 · 1980 · 1981 ·
1982 · 1983 · 1987 · 1990 · 1994
Nebraska 7 2 1912 · 1913 · 1914 · 1916 · 1937 · 1949 · 1950
Oklahoma 13 8 1928 · 1929 · 1939 · 1940 · 1942 · 1944 · 1947 · 1949 · 1979 · 1984 ·
1985 · 1988 · 1989
Oklahoma State 2 1 1965 · 1991
Washington (St. Louis) 0 0

Year-by-year regular-season champions

NCAA Champions (1939–1996) in bold
Season Champion(s)
MVIAA
1908 Kansas (6–0)
1909 Kansas (8–2)
1910 Kansas (7–1)
1911 Kansas (9–3)
1912* Nebraska (8–2)
Kansas (6–0)
1913 Nebraska (10–0)
1914* Nebraska (7–0)
Kansas (13–1)
1915 Kansas (13–1)
1916 Nebraska (12–0)
1917 Kansas State (10–2)
1918 Missouri (15–1)
1919 Kansas State (10–2)
1920 Missouri (17–1)
1921 Missouri (17–1)
1922 Missouri (15–1)
Kansas (15–1)
1923 Kansas (16–0)
1924 Kansas (15–1)
1925 Kansas (15–1)
1926 Kansas (16–2)
1927 Kansas (10–2)
1928 Oklahoma (18–0)
Big 6 Conference
1929 Oklahoma (10–0)
1930 Missouri (8–2)
1931 Kansas (7–3)
1932 Kansas (7–3)
1933 Kansas (8–2)
1934 Kansas (9–1)
1935 Iowa State (8–2)
1936 Kansas (10–0)
1937 Kansas (8–2)
Nebraska (8–2)
1938 Kansas (9–1)
1939 Missouri (7–3)
Oklahoma (7–3)
1940 Kansas (8–2)
Missouri (8–2)
Oklahoma (8–2)
1941 Iowa State (7–3)
Kansas (7–3)
1942 Kansas (8–2)
Oklahoma (8–2)
1943 Kansas (10–0)
1944 Iowa State (9–1)
Oklahoma (9–1)
1945 Iowa State (8–2)
1946 Kansas (10–0)
1947 Oklahoma (8–2)
Big 7 Conference
1948 Kansas State (9–3)
1949 Nebraska (9–3)
Oklahoma (9–3)
1950 Kansas State (8–4)
Nebraska (8–4)
Kansas (8–4)
1951 Kansas State (11–1)
1952 Kansas (11–1)
1953 Kansas (10–2)
1954 Kansas (10–2)
Colorado (10–2)
1955 Colorado (10–2)
1956 Kansas State (9–3)
1957 Kansas (11–1)
1958 Kansas State (10–2)
Big 8 Conference
1959 Kansas State (14–0)
1960 Kansas (10–4)
Kansas State (10–4)
1961 Kansas State (13–1)
1962 Colorado (13–1)
1963 Colorado (11–3)
Kansas State (11–3)
1964 Kansas State (12–2)
1965 Oklahoma State (12–2)
1966 Kansas (13–1)
1967 Kansas (13–1)
1968 Kansas State (11–3)
1969 Colorado (10–4)
1970 Kansas State (10–4)
1971 Kansas (14–0)
1972 Kansas State (12–2)
1973 Kansas State (12–2)
1974 Kansas (13–1)
1975 Kansas (11–3)
1976 Missouri (12–2)
1977 Kansas State (11–3)
1978 Kansas (13–1)
1979 Oklahoma (10–4)
1980 Missouri (11–3)
1981 Missouri (10–4)
1982 Missouri (12–2)
1983 Missouri (12–2)
1984 Oklahoma (13–1)
1985 Oklahoma (13–1)
1986 Kansas (13–1)
1987 Missouri (11–3)
1988 Oklahoma (12–2)
1989 Oklahoma (12–2)
1990 Missouri (12–2)
1991 Kansas (10–4)
Oklahoma State (10–4)
1992 Kansas (11–3)
1993 Kansas (11–3)
1994 Missouri (14–0)
1995 Kansas (11–3)
1996 Kansas (12–2)
* In 1912 & 1914, KU and NU were division winners and conference co–champions

Post-season tournament champions

All Big Eight men's basketball post-season tournaments were held at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. Through 1985, however, the quarterfinal rounds were played on the home courts of the top four seeds in the tournament.[citation needed]

Men's basketball tournament championships (1977–1996)
School Titles[1] Years
Colorado 0
Iowa State 1 1996
Kansas 4 1981 · 1984 · 1986 · 1992
Kansas State 2 1977 · 1980
Missouri 6 1978 · 1982 · 1987 · 1989 · 1991 · 1993
Nebraska 1 1994
Oklahoma 4 1979 · 1985 · 1988 · 1990
Oklahoma State 2 1983 · 1995

Holiday tournament champions

From 1946 to 1978, the Big Eight hosted a mid-season tournament in which all of the league teams participated. During the early years, when the conference was composed of only 6 or 7 teams, additional schools outside the conference were invited to create an 8-team field. Among teams invited from outside the conference, only SMU in 1946 ever won the tournament.

Holiday tournament championships (1946–1978)
School Titles Years
Colorado 0
Iowa State 2 1955 · 1959
Kansas 13 1951 · 1953 · 1956 · 1957 · 1962 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1968 · 1970 ·
1974 · 1977 · 1978
Kansas State 7 1947 · 1950 · 1952 · 1958 · 1960 · 1961 · 1963
Missouri 7 1949 · 1954 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1975 · 1976
Nebraska 1 1967
Oklahoma 2 1948 · 1969
Oklahoma State 0

Women's basketball

The Big Eight sponsored a mid-season tournament from the 1975–1976 season through the 1981–1982 season, before switching to a post-season tournament in 1983.

Baseball

See also: Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament

Men's cross country

Following are the MVIAA/Big Eight conference champions from 1911 to 1995:[1]

Women's cross country

Football

See also: Big Eight Conference football

Following are the MVIAA/Big Eight football conference champions from 1907 to 1995 (shared championship years are shown in italics):[1][3]

* Kansas would have won the 1960 title, but after found to be using an ineligible player they were forced to forfeit their victories over Missouri and Colorado, which meant that Missouri was awarded the 1960 Big Eight title.
** Oklahoma would have won the 1972 title, but after found to be using an ineligible player they were forced to forfeit their victories over Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma State, which meant that Nebraska was awarded the 1972 Big Eight title.

Men's golf

Following are the MVIAA/Big Eight conference champions from 1921 to 1996 (shared titles in italics):[1]

Men's golf championships (1921–1996)
School Total titles Outright titles Years
Colorado 3 2 1955 · 1956 · 1968
Drake 3 3 1921 · 1922 · 1923
Grinnell 0 0
Iowa State 3 2 1940 · 1947 · 1953
Kansas 5 4 1924 · 1925 · 1939 · 1947 · 1950
Kansas State 0 0
Missouri 2 2 1949 · 1984
Nebraska 2 2 1937 · 1938
Oklahoma 12 10 1935 · 1938 · 1941 · 1946 · 1947 · 1948 ·
1951 · 1952 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1992
Oklahoma State 36 36 1958 · 1959 · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 ·
1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1969 · 1970 ·
1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 ·
1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 ·
1983 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 ·
1990 · 1991 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996
Washington (St. Louis) 0 0

Women's golf

Men's gymnastics

This is a list of Men's Gymnastics championships.[1] Men's gymnastics became an official league sport in 1964. The Big Eight Conference did not sanction a league championship after the 1994 season because Iowa State dropped men's gymnastics and as a result that left the league with only two schools sponsoring the sport.[4]

Women's gymnastics

Softball

Men's swimming

Following are the MVIAA/Big Eight conference champions from 1924 to 1996 (shared titles in italics):[1]

Men's swimming championships (1924–1996)
School Total titles Outright titles Years
Colorado 0 0
Drake 0 0
Grinnell 0 0
Iowa State 20 18 1929 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 · 1934 · 1936 ·
1938 · 1939 · 1940 · 1941 · 1942 · 1947 ·
1948 · 1949 · 1951 · 1954* · 1967 · 1976 ·
1977 · 1995
Kansas 10 10 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 ·
1974 · 1975 · 1978 · 1979
Kansas State 0 0
Missouri 0 0
Nebraska 21 19 1930 · 1933 · 1935 · 1936 · 1937 · 1980 ·
1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 ·
1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 ·
1993 · 1994 · 1996
Oklahoma 15 15 1950 · 1952 · 1953 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 ·
1958 · 1959 · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 ·
1964 · 1965 · 1966
Oklahoma State 0 0
Washington (St. Louis) 5 5 1924 · 1925 · 1926 · 1927 · 1928

* Oklahoma would have won the 1954 title, but after found to be using an ineligible athlete they were forced to forfeit points, which meant that Iowa State was awarded the 1954 Big Eight title.

Women's swimming

Men's tennis

Following are the MVIAA/Big Eight conference champions from 1912 to 1996 (shared championships are shown in italics):[1][5]

Men's track & field

Wrestling

Following are the MVIAA/Big Eight conference champions from 1924 to 1995 (showing shared championships in italics):[1]

Wrestling conference championships (1924–1995)
School Total titles Outright titles Years
Colorado 0 0
Iowa State 14 13 1929 · 1933 · 1937 · 1941 · 1947 · 1958 ·
1970 · 1976 · 1977 · 1979 · 1980 · 1982 ·
1987 · 1993
Kansas 0 0
Kansas State 3 3 1931 · 1939 · 1940
Missouri 0 0
Nebraska 3 3 1924 · 1949 · 1995
Oklahoma 21 20 1930 · 1932 · 1934 · 1935 · 1936 · 1938 ·
1948 · 1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 ·
1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1960 · 1967 · 1968 ·
1981 · 1985 · 1986
Oklahoma State 28 26 1925 · 1926 · 1927 · 1928 · 1959 · 1961 ·
1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1968 ·
1969 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 ·
1978 · 1983 · 1984 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 ·
1990 · 1991 · 1992* · 1994
Washington (St. Louis) 0 0

* Oklahoma State did not accept the trophy in 1992 in order to lessen any consequences stemming from an NCAA investigation of improper payments made to its student athletes.[7][8] They are still listed as champions in the Big Eight record book.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "BigEightSports.com". Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  2. ^ "Big Eight Conference basketball history" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  3. ^ "Big Eight Conference football record book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  4. ^ "2012 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's gymnastics media guide" (PDF). University of Nebraska–Lincoln. 2012. p. 50. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  5. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-tennis/auto_pdf/2008_guide_section6.pdf
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "2009 Oklahoma Sooners Track & Field Guide" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2009. p. 118. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Cowboys grab title, not trophy". Dubuque, Iowa: The Telegraph Herald, via Google News. Associated Press. March 7, 1992.
  8. ^ "O-State wrestling under investigation". Junction City, Kansas: Daily Union, via Google News. Associated Press. June 22, 1992.
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